Current Status, Issues, and Challenges of Blockchain Applications in Education

Authors

  • Yan Ma Business School, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, China
  • Yiming Fang School of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v15i12.13797

Keywords:

blockchain, educational application, current status, issues and challenges

Abstract


Due to the unique characteristics of decentralization and security, blockchain is believed to have considerable potential to provide a wide range of benefits for ed-ucation development. Its application in education is relatively new but increasing very quickly. This paper introduced the typical blockchain techniques and charac-teristics briefly. Then, recent applications of blockchain in education were sum-marized comprehensively, especially those regarding learning record keeper, cer-tificate issue and management, and decentralized education ecosystem. Finally, technical and non-technical challenges were discussed. It is hoped to provide an in-depth look at the perspectives of blockchain in evolving education and help to the development of new application systems.

Author Biographies

Yan Ma, Business School, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, China

Yan Ma received a master’s degree in 2013 from Zhejiang A & F University, Hangzhou, China. She majors in the Agriculture Informationization, and her current research focuses on the emerging technologies on education management. She has been working at Business School, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing 312000, China.

Yiming Fang, School of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, China

Yiming Fang received a Master degree in Computer Application Technology from Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, China, in 2006, and a Ph. D. degree in Agricultural Mechanization Engineering from Nanjing Agriculture University, Nanjing, China, in 2017. He is currently an Associate Professor with the School of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing 312000, China. His research interests includes applications of emerging computer technologies.

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Published

2020-06-26

How to Cite

Ma, Y., & Fang, Y. (2020). Current Status, Issues, and Challenges of Blockchain Applications in Education. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 15(12), pp. 20–31. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v15i12.13797

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 12 (2020)

Section

Papers